By Matt Taibbi “Two amputee British actors, sitting in a tree, something, something, C-O-W!” Plus, a contest with prizes! Esteemed Yale professor Samuel Moyn tweeted this yesterday, cruelly tagging me and forcing a look at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s latest: Samuel Moyn 🔭 @samuelmoyn Count of […]
Krystal and Saagar comment on the new video showing a US drone strike killing a family of innocent civilians in Afghanistan that the Pentagon tried to cover up
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to breaking news on the CIA’s assessment of the cause of Havana Syndrome.
By Sam Sweeney National Review Recently I was in the city of Hassakeh, Syria, sitting and making small talk with two Syrians, one Kurdish and the other Syriac Christian. The Christian said he would like to invite me to his house but, because he lives in the government-controlled […]
By Amanda Lee in Beijing and Orange Wang South China Morning Press China’s Ministry of Commerce has insisted that tariffs on its goods be removed, after US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was not ready to lift the Trump-era taxes because Beijing had failed to […]
By Julian E. Barnes New York Times WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. has found that most cases of the mysterious ailments known as Havana syndrome are unlikely to have been caused by Russia or another foreign adversary, agency officials said, a conclusion that angered victims. A majority of the […]
So far Biden has been less hawkish than the Democratic establishment and wider power elite would like for him to be. Hopefully, this will be a pattern. WATCH HERE
By Jacqueline Feldscher, Senior National Security Correspondent, Defense One The United States will boost its troop presence in eastern NATO members such as Poland and Romania if Russia sends more forces into Ukraine, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. Biden shot down the idea that his administration would withdraw […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Most Americans now understand that it was wrong to spend centuries enslaving millions of people. Not many Americans yet understand how equally wrong it is that their government has spent the 21st century killing millions and displacing tens of millions in its post-9/11 wars. The […]
Saagar issues a scathing critique of the Warriors co-owner and tech billionaire who downplayed China’s Uighur genocide in what represents the total loyalty to China held by the billionaire class
Krystal and Saagar analyze the rising tensions between Russia & Ukraine that has become a major issue for the national security state and foreign policy establishment in media & DC institutions
Anyone who has their visa revoked in Australia cannot re-enter for 3 years, that is standard. I think the US is 10 years…..
A damn good question. Ryan Grim criticizes Congressional Democrats’ action, or lack thereof, on the U.S.-imposed famine in Afghanistan.
By Rich Whitney, Truthout For decades, the American people have been repeatedly told by their government and corporate-run media that acts of war ordered by their president have been largely motivated by the need to counter acts of aggression or oppression by “evil dictators.” We were told we […]
Is NATO (what Ross Douthat calls the second zone of the empire along with the Pacific Rim) also fracturing? If the first zone implodes and the second zone fractures, the third zone (those in the East and the Global South under the boot of the empire) is on […]
Timothy Snyder’s viewpoint is interesting. Of course, he is a Yale academic, and therefore a high priest among the new clerisy, and his main concerns are both preserving the empire and achieving the hegemony of the Blue Tribe within the empire. His main fear is the emergence of […]
By George Allison UK Defense Journal British C-17 transport aircraft are currently moving “light anti-armour” weapons into Ukraine in light of “increasingly threatening” behaviour from Russia. The C-17 transport aircraft are in flight as we speak. CORRECTION 18-1-2022: I had originally claimed that Germany had appeared to have […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to controversial comments made by Chamath Palihapitiya about the suspected persecution of the Uyghur Muslim minority in northwestern China.
Following first-round action at the Australian Open, tennis Star Naomi Osaka discussed how the WTA handled the Peng Shuai situation.
“Can you explain why you are doing this?” “Money.” “Any other reason?” “Money.”
Jonathan M. Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Remaking of America’s Empire and The Racket Substack, joins The Realignment to discuss the legacy of General Smedley Butler (the most decorated U.S. Marine in history) through the lens of his involvement […]
When are they ever not “at it.” By Joel Mathis, The Week For America’s national security hawks, old habits die hard. Washington Post columnist Max Boot is probably best known these days as a Never-Trump conservative, a figure who spent much of his career making common cause with […]
By Grayson Quay The Week A new survey suggests people living under authoritarian regimes increasingly trust their major institutions more than citizens of democratic countries trust theirs, Axios reported Tuesday. According to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer, which surveyed 35,000 respondents across 28 countries, trust in NGOs, business, […]
By Jacob G. Hornberger Future of Freedom Foundation At the risk of being accused of befriending one of the two premier enemies (or rivals, opponents, adversaries, or competitors) of the U.S. national-security establishment (the other one being China), I feel compelled to commend Russian President Vladimir Putin for […]
From 2000. By John Pilger, New Statesman Almost two million Cambodians died as a result of Year Zero. John Pilger argues that, without the complicity of the US and Britain, it may never have happened. On 17 April, it is 25 years since Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge entered […]
By Harold Maass, The Week Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal on corruption charges that threaten to tarnish his legacy and force him out of politics for years, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a person involved in the talks. A deal could be signed […]
Tom Woods Show With all the domestic insanity we’re understandably focused on, it’s easy to neglect what’s happening in foreign policy — Ukraine and Kazakhstan seem so remote to us, after all. But the lizard people could be cooking up a real disaster here, and we need to know […]
International economic sanctions imposed since the Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan in August 2021 have left the country on the brink of collapse. Widespread poverty is forcing an increasing number of desperate Afghans to turn to selling their kidneys to survive, with many unaware of the dangers of […]
The Intercept The normally reserved International Committee of the Red Cross recently made a surprisingly direct statement about the unfolding economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. They said, “Can the international community” — meaning the U.S. — “hold 39 million people hostage to the fact that they do […]
By Murtaza Hussain The Intercept Pankaj Mishra’s “Run and Hide” shows how Asia’s ascendance will not be any less chaotic than that of the West. After hundreds of years of domination by the West, the world is now primed to have an “Asian Century.” After a long period […]
By Ryan Grim The Intercept Four months later, Jovenel Moïse was assassinated and replaced with a U.S.-backed prime minister, fueling suspicion of American involvement. At a little-noticed House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in March 2021, headlined “Policy Recommendations on Haiti for the Biden Administration,” a former ambassador to […]
By Matthew Cole The Intercept George Nader also cultivated key Trump advisers on behalf of his Gulf clients, prosecutors say. George Nader, an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, convicted sex offender, and frequent visitor to the White House during President Donald Trump’s first […]
By Dave Paone, Epoch Times NEW YORK—Protesters held a demonstration outside the Queens office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Jan. 14. The activists, not representing any one organization, said their purpose was to persuade Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, to introduce legislation in the House of Representatives […]
By Caitlin Johnstone In a drastic pivot from typical denunciations of false flag operations as conspiratorial nonsense that don’t exist outside the demented imagination of Alex Jones, the US political/media class is proclaiming with one voice that Russia is currently orchestrating just such an operation to justify an […]
By Sean Gabb The Bruges Group: The Same Old Same Old Sean Gabb (16th January 2022) One of my Books Learn More Before deleting it all, I have just skimmed the contents of my junk folder. One of the messages is from the Bruges Group, and is New […]
During a Friday press briefing, Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that intelligence reports that operatives are already in Ukraine preparing a “false flag operation” to create a pretext for a Russian incursion. READ MORE: http://hill.cm/KQ4OSH6
Anarchist News from CrimethInc. Eyewitness Accounts from Almaty; Analysis from Russian Anarchists Following up our coverage of last week’s uprising in Kazakhstan, we have translated an array of perspectives on the situation from various Russian anarchist sources and interviewed two anarchists from Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Russia has amassed significant forces along the border of Ukraine. Talks between Russia and NATO appear to have broken down. Members of Washington’s foreign policy establishment are beginning to suggest the need to respond to any Russian military moves against Ukraine with a […]
Amelia Pang details her new book, “Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods.”
Saagar details Elon Musks’s most recent capitulation to the Chinese Communist Party and how it contrasts with his public disdain for prominent lawmakers in American politics
Ryan Grim breaks down controversy surrounding March Congressional testimony from the former U.S. ambassador to Haiti.
By Ryan Cooper The Week Afghanistan is starving. The country’s economy has collapsed, a bitter winter has taken hold, and half the population doesn’t have enough to eat. Already many have died — and it could get much, much worse. UNICEF estimates 1 million children could perish over the […]
The Signal Why are voters across Latin America rejecting right-wing authoritarian populists? Amy Erica Smith on economic inequality, cultural backlash, and a shifting anger with elites. Right-wing authoritarian populists have been building power and rolling back democracy around the world for more than a decade. From Donald Trump in […]
Washington Post foreign affairs journalist, Pamela Constable, details the winter famine facing Afghan civilians.
The neocon/superhawk/supplyside alliance is hoping they’re going to get another Reagan 1980 moment in 2024. By Conrad Black, National Post The resumption of American national renovation in 2024 will re-establish the unambiguous superiority of American influence in the world, and particularly its economic model. Dec. 26 will mark […]
By Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal, Gray Zone Economist Michael Hudson discusses the update of his book “Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire” and the financial motivations behind the US new cold war on China and Russia. Economist Michael Hudson has published a new, third edition […]
By Grayson Quay, The Week Russia is moving military helicopters into position on the Ukrainian border in what could be a sign of impending invasion, The New York Times reported. Per the Times, “U.S. officials say the Russian … window for an invasion is limited, dictated by temperatures […]
By Mohammed El-Kurd, The Nation Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement. When Israeli officers and undercover agents raided Murad Attieh’s home and arrested him on August 10, his mother, Nuha, had hoped he would […]
Nothing? By David Klion, The Nation Progressive thinkers are developing a foreign policy approach that opposes military confrontation while acknowledging Beijing’s oppressive policies. Since March 2019, Hong Kong has confronted the greatest challenge to its relatively free and open civil society since it was transferred from British to […]
Journalist Joanna Lillis breaks down the latest developments out of Kazakhstan.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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